# E2E Test Configuration Fix

## Problem
Playwright E2E tests were timing out with the error:
```
Error: Timed out waiting 180000ms from config.webServer.
```

## Root Cause
**Port mismatch** between Playwright configuration and Vite dev server:
- `playwright.config.ts` was configured to expect server on port **5173** (Vite's default)
- `vite.config.ts` was configured to run server on port **5000**

This caused Playwright to wait for a server that would never respond on the expected port.

## Changes Made

### 1. Fixed Port Configuration in `playwright.config.ts`
- Changed `baseURL` from `http://localhost:5173` → `http://localhost:5000`
- Changed `webServer.url` from `http://localhost:5173` → `http://localhost:5000`
- Reduced `webServer.timeout` from `180000ms` → `120000ms` (2 minutes)
- Reduced `timeout` from `60000ms` → `45000ms` per test
- Reduced `expect.timeout` from `15000ms` → `10000ms`
- Reduced `actionTimeout` from `15000ms` → `10000ms`
- Reduced `navigationTimeout` from `30000ms` → `20000ms`

### 2. Optimized Test Files

#### `e2e/smoke.spec.ts`
- Replaced `page.waitForTimeout()` with `page.waitForLoadState('networkidle')` for more reliable waits
- Added explicit timeout values to all `page.goto()` calls
- Reduced individual test timeouts (20-30s instead of 30-45s)
- More efficient waiting strategies

#### `e2e/codeforge.spec.ts`
- Same optimizations as smoke tests
- Better handling of async operations
- Explicit timeouts prevent hanging

## Benefits
1. ✅ Tests now connect to correct port
2. ✅ Faster test execution (no arbitrary waits)
3. ✅ More reliable (networkidle vs fixed timeouts)
4. ✅ Better timeout management per test
5. ✅ Clearer failure messages when tests do fail

## Test Execution
Run E2E tests with:
```bash
npm run test:e2e
```

Or with the fallback:
```bash
npm run test:e2e --if-present || echo "No E2E tests configured"
```

## CI/CD Integration
The tests will now:
- Start the dev server on port 5000
- Wait up to 2 minutes for server to be ready
- Run tests with appropriate per-test timeouts
- Retry failed tests 2x in CI environments
- Generate HTML reports

## Future Improvements
Consider adding:
- More granular test timeouts based on test complexity
- Test parallelization configuration
- Screenshot comparison tests
- Visual regression testing
- API mocking for faster, more isolated tests
